Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lamprophiidae
Subfamilia: Aparallactinae
Genus: Micrelaps
Species: Micrelaps bicoloratus
Subspecies (2): M. b. bicoloratus – M. b. moyeri
Name
Holotype: ZMB 20725, ♀.
Type locality: “Kibwezi (Brit. Ostafrika [=Kenya])”.
Taxonomic note: synonymized with Micrelaps boettgeri by Wallach (1991: 415), was restaured to valid species by Rasmussen (2002: 82).
References
Primary references
- Sternfeld, R. 1908. Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1908(4): 92–95. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Wallach, V. 1991. Comparative visceral topography of African colubrid snakes of the subfamilies Aparallactinae and Atractaspidinae. Louisiana State University: Unpublished Thesis. XIX + 490 pp.
- Rasmussen, J.B. 2002. A review of the African members of the genus Micrelaps Boettger 1880 (Serpentes Atractaspididae). Tropical Zoology 15(1): 71–87. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2002.10531166 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Micrelaps bicoloratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 April 2018.
- Menegon, M., Spawls, S., Branch, W.R., Malonza, P. & Beraduccii, J. 2014. IUCN: Micrelaps bicoloratus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T176279A44763984. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T176279A44763984.en